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The final discussions and votes in the European Parliament’s committees over the nominees for the new European Commission are currently taking place with most of the results already in.As expected, Lord Hill has been approved as new EU Commissioner for…

Hill’s hearing was less of a duel than expectedFollowing another long day of hearings the make-up of the Juncker Commission is becoming clearer.The UK’s Commissioner-designate Lord Hill had his second hearing in front of the Economic and Monetary Aff…

Juncker and Schulz in happier times…The letter from European Parliament (EP) President Martin Schulz to European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has now been published in full and contains an extensive list of questions for the UK’s Lord H…

A couple of developments since we posted the original blog below.Importantly, the European Parliament’s Economics Committee failed to reach an agreement over Pierre Moscovici and has delayed a decision on whether to approve him or not until 9.30pm CE…

Will Juncker’s Commission survive unscathed? (picture via @Gruene_Europa)On Monday we will see the first hearings of European Commission nominees by the European Parliament committees responsible for their respective policy areas (full calendar he…

With the future of the UK seemingly hanging by a thread it is understandable that events north of the border are dominating attention, but today’s announcement of the new European Commission also has far-reaching consequences for the future of the UK’s…

If you read our press summary this morning (if not, do sign up!) you would have seen – before anyone else outside Germany incidentally – that Lord Hill, the UK’s nominee for EU Commissioner, is already at risk of becoming a victim of an …

The most visited Wikipedia page from Brussels IP addresses today will be Lord Hill’s – the UK’s European Commissioner nominee. Lord Hill is currently the leader of the House of Lords.We have previously argued that David Cameron should “send forth to Br…